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AI've never understood this. The DM controls how much money there is, and what things cost. This is a table issue, imo. It's much...
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AAlViking replied to the thread D&D General Games Economies.Beyond "This is a trade city because it's on a river that opens into the ocean" or "Being close to the dwarven mines, this city is a...
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AAlViking replied to the thread D&D General Games Economies.I think of a GP like a $20 bill (or a bit more because of inflation nowadays). The average person would have at most 10 or so, if you...
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AYears ago I started using a trick in my D&D games where I began to think of silver pieces as US dollars. GP as $10. Etc. Grounds it in...
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AAlViking replied to the thread D&D General Games Economies.If DMs think the characters have too much gold, isn't the solution simply to not give them as much? I fail to see the issue here. If...
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AAlViking reacted to Clint_L's post in the thread D&D General Weapons should break left and right with
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Unless you're ruling that magic weapons can also break, how much use would you even get out of having rules for breaking weapons? And if... -
AAlViking reacted to Paul Farquhar's post in the thread D&D General Weapons should break left and right with Like.
I would suggest that discussion of 2nd edition also belongs on the Older Versions forum. Clearly, people's experiences varied, as did...
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AAlViking reacted to Paul Farquhar's post in the thread D&D General Weapons should break left and right with Like.
Wut? What GM is this? I adjust monster stat blocks between sessions, but during a game all I track is their position and remaining hit...
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AAlViking reacted to Shiroiken's post in the thread D&D General Perception vs Investigation with Like.
While not necessarily RAW, I tend to break them down as: Perception: noticing something not obvious Investigation: realizing why...
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AAlViking reacted to DrJawaPhD's post in the thread D&D General Weapons should break left and right with Like.
How in the world is ammo the same thing as weapons breaking? Ammo is stupid too in DnD and I've never used it, but at least there it's...
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AAlViking reacted to MGibster's post in the thread D&D General Weapons should break left and right with Like.
I absolutely hate having to deal with breaking weapons in video games. It ruined one of the Zelda games for me and System Shock 2...
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AAlViking reacted to Charlaquin's post in the thread D&D General Charisma Checks gone Horribly Wrong - Can you Relate? with Like.
I agree 100%, though in Viva La Dirt League’s defense, it wouldn’t make for a very funny sketch if the DM ran it this way. In general...
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AAlViking reacted to DinoInDisguise's post in the thread D&D General Weapons should break left and right with Like.
You say “if you can solve it without complexity, I’m listening.” But there is nothing to solve. There is nothing to fix. This is all...
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AAlViking replied to the thread D&D General Weapons should break left and right.There is no way to "tackle" this complaint because people have been repeating the same complaint ad nauseum for most editions of D&D...
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AAlViking reacted to TaranTheWanderer's post in the thread D&D General Perception vs Investigation with Like.
Every published adventure I’ve read uses perception to notice traps. In my opinion, that makes perception too much of a catch-all...